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WILLIAM KENTRIDGE | PORTER SERIES: RUSSIE D'EUROPE (MAN WITH BED ON BACK)

Auction Closed

October 2, 08:56 PM GMT

Estimate

40,000 - 60,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

WILLIAM KENTRIDGE

b. 1955

PORTER SERIES: RUSSIE D'EUROPE (MAN WITH BED ON BACK)


signed, titled, dated 2006 and numbered 3/3 on fabric affixed to the reverse of the tapestry

mohair and silk embroidered tapestry

110 by 78½ in. 279.4 by 199.4 cm.

Executed in 2006, this work is number 3 from an edition of 3, plus 2 artist's proofs.

Galleria Lia Rumma, Milan

Acquired from the above by the present owner in 2006

Philadelphia Museum of Art, William Kentridge: Tapestries, December 2007 - April 2008, pp. 76-78, illustrated in color (another example exhibited)

Boston, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Common Threads: Weaving Stories Across Time, October 2018 - January 2019 (another example exhibited)